Music stand



(No Model.)

J. BERG.

FOLDING MUSIC STAND. No. 544,022. Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

Units STAT S ATENT union.

J LIAN BERG, on WARSAW, RUSSIA.

FOLDING MUSIC-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,022, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed August 13 1894:.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIAN BERG, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Warsaw, Russia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Music- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to portable folding music-stands; and in such connection it relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement thereof.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple, light, inexpensive, durable, readily-folding and extensible stand for supporting sheet music or the like; and to which end my invention consists of a music-stand constructed, arranged, and adapted for use in the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming 'part hereof, I in which- Figure 1 is an elevational view of the vertical supmrting-rod of a music-holder in sliding engagement with a tube or cylinder hav ing, by means of knuckle-joint connections, standards or legs conected therewith, and the latter pivotally connected with links engaging and forming the knuckle-joint connections of a tubular hearing which is secured to the lower end of the said rod, the arrange ment just described embodying the characteristic features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a detachable music-holder and a broken section of its vertical supporting-rod and the tube orcylinder in sliding engagement therewith and adapted to be held to required position by means of a set-screw. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the vertical rod and the collapsible and extensible supporting-legs of said rod in an operative position, and Fig. 4 is a side elevational View of the supportingrod and collapsible and extensible legs of the portable music-stand of my invention in a folded or inoperative position.

Referring to the drawings, a is the vertical supporting-rod of the music stand or holder A, composed of pivoted-together strips constituting the two parts a and a of the music- Serial No. 520,100. (No model.)

holder and so arranged as to fold to the right and to the left of each other when not in use onto the bottom ledge or rest a for music of the holder. At the upper end of the vertical rod a is detachably secured a clamp a provided with a tubular socket-bearing a with a set-screw 0., whereby the same is adapted to be secured to position on said rod or. This clamp 01, is preferably set at an angle to its bearing of, so that the inner ribs of the clamp a are adapted when the two parts of the holder are caused to assume an operative po-' sition to engage and be held thereby in re quired position in the manner illustrated in Fig; 2. Y

b is a tube or cylinder surrounding the vertical rod a and in sliding engagement therewith. This tube or cylinder b is provided with a bearing b, having bifurcated projections 6 b and b engaged by legs 0, c and 0 by means of pivots b. To the lower end of said vertical rod a is secured a bearing d, provided with bifurcated projections d and d engaging links e, e, and 6 by means of pivots d forming knuckle-joint connections with said links, and which latter are pivotally connected with the legs 0', c and 0 The bearing hot the tube, in sliding engagement with the vertical rod a, is provided with a set-screw b whereby the respective legs of the stand may be caused to assume the required position on the rod a and secured in such position through the intervention of the set-screw U. The link connection from the rigid bearing (1 of the vertical rod a, with the series of legs 0, c and c aifords in the extended position of said legs a solid structure being constituted thereby, which prevents tilting or overturning of the stand with music supported on the holder A of the appliance.

It will be observed that when it is required to fold the stand, by loosening the'set-serew b extending through the tube b into engagement with the vertical rod a, the legs may be caused to assume the position illustrated in Fig. 4, as well as the parts connected therewith, and thus is provided a music-stand susceptible of assuming, when not in use, a compact form for the carriage thereof; and at the same time the construction and arrangement of the parts of the appliance are such as to permit of the same readily assuming an operative position, in which it is so held, with the least amount of time consumed and labor attending upon the manipulation of the parts for permitting thereof.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a folding music-stand, the combination with a folding holder, of a detachable supro port therefor, consisting of a. vertical red, a

tube in sliding engagement with said rod provided with a set-screw and having a bearing provided with bifurcations for pivotally supporting legs thereto, the lower end of said ing witnesses.

JULIAN BERG. Witnesses:

JOSEPH SABER, M. K. JAENs. 

